Elon’s PA program will prepare graduates to think critically and act skillfully to meet expanding health care needs in local and global communities. Students will immerse themselves in a curriculum structured around active learning strategies through collaborative work with Elon’s faculty, scholars and practitioners in the field. Students will emerge in a little more than two years as graduates prepared to employ the most current knowledge to care for patients’ physical, emotional, mental and spiritual needs. The 27-month, full-time program started accepting applications on a rolling basis beginning October 2011 for the charter class enrolling January 2013. The Elon PA.